#2,000

Behind the scenes here on Blogspot there is a counter which keeps track of the number of posts you have drafted and the number which have been published. 

That's how I know today's post marks an important and fairly unbelievable milestone: I have now published 2,000 individual pieces here.

I started this blog on November 7, 2010, back when we were first feeling called to serve God in Haiti. In the beginning, it was a way to document my process of downsizing in preparation for moving the family to the mission field.

Back then, I determined that each day I would find some item around the house to either sell, give away, or toss - and then I would document those decisions daily. 

I remember the experience as fun and liberating on the whole. 

(Which surprised me then but wouldn't now.)

These days I keep writing in order to process my thoughts on a myriad of topics - whatever has captured my attention on any particular day. 

Plus, it serves as a place to record all of them. If they don't get written down, they simply evaporate.

And what good is an idea if it disappears before it's even fully formed?

Hitting the 2,000-post milestone might just inspire me to follow through on a vague desire lodged in the back of my mind for many years now: to write my own book. 

Afterall, if this is an average post - and it's over 200 words - then I've likely written and edited over 400,000 words here.

That's equivalent (in word count at least) to 10 average-sized non-fiction books. 

Little by little.

So what would keep me from writing a book the same way?